Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

We also evaluated the potential to accelerate the use of renewable energy dramatically through state-level renewable electricity standards, which have been major drivers of clean energy in recent decades. Our analysis also demonstrates renewables’ power. What job opportunities would this clean energy transition create?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 is still driving up Ohioans’ electricity bills—and undermining the state’s prospects for a clean energy future. 6 went into effect, Ohio ratepayers have paid more than $182 million to subsidize two 67-year-old coal-fired power plants operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC). Despite the partial repeal, H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution. Nuclear In August of 2021, Talen Energy Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution. Nuclear In August of 2021, Talen Energy Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

. -- Guest Essay: Climate Change Demands Southwestern PA Transition To A New Low-Carbon Energy Reality - By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: McKinsey Report Outlines Steps Southwest PA, U.S.

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